How would you pronounce the name 'malia'

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ShazGranger · 17/06/2019 14:28

Hi all!

We are wanting to call our baby girl 'malia' but am wondering how it's going to be pronounced? We want it pronounced like Obama s daughter. Will that work in the UK do you think?

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SherlockSays · 17/06/2019 14:42

At first I thought the same as 'Thalia' so Mar-lee-ahh but then I remembered the Greek party place and correctly myself to mal-ee-ah which I don't think is anywhere near as nice.

MuchTooTired · 17/06/2019 14:38

Maaaa lee ah

steppemum · 17/06/2019 14:36

well I know several Talia/Thalia's, so I guess I would pronounce it to rhyme with those?
Mar - lee ah

Nesssie · 17/06/2019 14:34

Reading in my head, it'll come out 'ma-lee-uh
But if I had to read it aloud, I would correct myself and say 'mar-lee-arr'

Timbertruck · 17/06/2019 14:32

Ma Lee uh

SleepingStandingUp · 17/06/2019 14:31

*mar-lee-a

MadisonAvenue · 17/06/2019 14:31

Marley-ah

SleepingStandingUp · 17/06/2019 14:30

No idea how the Obama's pronounce it.

I suspect it's one of those, people will pronounce it wrong. You'll correct and the people who audibly learn her name will be fine.

I'd say mar-lea-a

Comefromaway · 17/06/2019 14:30

The mum of someone ds used to go to schol with is called Malia. It's pronounced mar lee uh

ChihuahuaMummy1 · 17/06/2019 14:28

Maaa-lee-ah

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